燕

See also: 鷰

Translingual

Han character

燕 (radical 86 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中心火 (TLPF), four-corner 4433₁)

1. (historical) Yan, an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty
2. (historical) Ji, its capital; Yanjing; other later cities in the same area, including Beijing
3. (bird) swallow
4. comfort, enjoy

References

• KangXi: page 683, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19429
• Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2239, character 6
• Unihan data for U+71D5

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		燕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): iàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: yen¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn
    • Tâi-lô: iàn
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹/

Proper noun

燕

1. (historical) An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty (周代)
2. (historical) the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms 十六國／十六国
3. A surname​.

Hyponyms

the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms

Former Yan 前燕 (337-370) Later Yan 後燕／后燕 (384-409) Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410) Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)

Compounds

Derived terms

燕國, 燕国 (state) 燕京 (city) 薊 (city) 幽州 (city) 范陽 (city) 廣陽, 广阳 (city) 燕麦 燕麦粥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³
• Min Nan (POJ): iàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yen⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³
    • Yale: yin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn
    • Tâi-lô: iàn
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹/

Noun

燕

1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)

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Japanese

Kanji

燕

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: つばめ (tsubame)

Noun

燕 (hiragana つばくらめ, romaji tsubakurame)

1. a swallow
   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 11)

     「[...] 石上の中納言には、燕（つばくらめ）の持たる子安のかい、ひとつ取りて賜へ」

   • 931-938, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 7 page 29)

     是我邦所謂豆波久良米也

Noun

燕 (hiragana つばめ, katakana ツバメ, romaji tsubame)

1. swallow, especially the barn swallow, Hirundo rustica

Wikispecies

Proper noun

燕 (hiragana つばめ, romaji Tsubame)

1. a place name, such as that of Tsubame City in Niigata Prefecture

References

• 1997 May 2, Hideaki Horiuchi; Ken Akiyama, Taketori Monogatari , Ise Monogatari, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240017-4:
• 1968 May 2 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

燕 (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

燕 (yến, én, yên, nhạn, hiên)

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